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Copyright: Protecting Yours, Fair Use of Others
Waller, Jen (2013-03-21)Confused about copyright? Do you know if you hold copyrights to your own work or wondering how to use copyrighted materials in your teaching? Copyright is a valuable asset for academic authors, so it benefits faculty ... -
Information literacy assessment: a case study at Miami University
Resnis, Eric; Gibson, Katie; Hartsell-Gundy, Arianne; Misco, MashaThe purpose of this case study, created by a faculty learning community (FLC) on research fluency, is to investigate students’ information literacy practices at Miami University, including information search process, ... -
Minding Your Ps & Qs: A Q-Methodology Workshop
Brinkman, Stacy; Messner, Kevin; Shrimplin, Aaron; Waller, Jen; Waller, JenLibrarians are continually turning to new metrics to evaluate services, impact, and priorities. Q-methodology - a hybrid of qualitative and quantitative research techniques - is a systematic study of subjectivity that ... -
Small Samples, Broad Applications: Using Bibliographies to Support Instruction, Collections, and Budgets
Kromer, JohnStudents in Organic Chemistry for Majors were required to write a paper as the culminating course assignment. Prior to completing this assignment, students were given the option of attending a library instruction session ... -
This Could Take a While
Ladd, Marcus (2015-01-30)Reflections after the first year of a student-aided digitization project. The Bowden Postcard Collection contains a staggering 480,000 postcards, spanning the entire 20th century and the entire globe. The project already ... -
Traversing the Gap: Subject Specialists Connecting Humanities Researchers and Digital Scholarship Centers
Gibson, Katie; Ladd, Marcus; Presnell, JennyGibson, K., Ladd, M. & Presnell, J. (2015) “Traversing the Gap: Subject specialists connecting researchers and digital humanities centers.” Digital Humanities in the Library: Challenges and Opportunities for Subject ... -
Using Google Glass to Teach Privacy (and sharing)
Waller, Jen (2015-02-22)Google Glass is Google’s latest consumer technology and is a wearable, head mounted computer that acts like a voice-activated, hands free smartphone. Hailed by some and reviled by others, Glass provides a peek into the ... -
Using LibGuides 2.0 & Video Creation Tools to Provide Distance Learning
Natale, Jennifer; Bazeley, Jennifer WHow do we ensure students have access to library instruction and librarian support when they’re in an online course? Learn tips for using LibGuides and video creation tools to offer information literacy and library ... -
Using Visual Literacy to Demonstrate the Impact of Technological Space
Natale, Jennifer; Resnis, EricLearn how we assessed the visual literacy skills of students in relation to the use of our technological spaces in the Libraries. We will share the rubric we created to assess student poster presentations at the annual ... -
Visual Literacy Assessment: Engaging Students to Improve Success
Resnis, Eric; Birkenhauer, Laura; Natale, JenniferDoes library engagement of students contribute to their success? This poster will highlight our study of the impact of library services on the development of visual literacy skills. Our research process and results will ... -
With the Help of Students and Donors
Ladd, Marcus (2015-01-30)This poster featured reflections on the first eighteen months of a long-term student-powered project to digitize a large and still-growing cultural heritage collection. Included were strategies developed for anticipating ...